Scott ‘the American’ stars as ‘the tourist’ in Greece’s 2024 ‘Zari’ Eurovision entry. Credit: Greek ReporterMeet the most famous ‘tourist’ in Greece: Scott ‘the American.’ From serving in the US Air Force back in the late 1980s to starring in Greece’s latest Eurovision music video by Marina Satti, S
The isolated Greek island of Antikythera, lying at the edge of the Aegean Sea between Crete and the Peloponnese, is like paradise.Antikythera town. Credit: Mario KarkalisLife on the isolated Greek island of Antikythera, lying at the edge of the Aegean Sea between Crete and the Peloponnesian Peninsul
From the capital of Bogota to the Caribbean coast of the country, Greek souvlaki is becoming popular in Colombia thanks to football rivals Petros Gkrilis and Giorgos Sitaras. Credit: GreekReporterThe story of two Greek immigrants in Colombia serves as a lesson of what the nation can achieve when uni
Aleco Haralambides, is a Greek American lawyer born in Miami and a vibrant member of the Greek community of Miami. Credit: AP/Greek ReporterThe Greeks of Miami make up a vibrant community that includes many entrepreneurs excelling in the bar and restaurant business; raising the standards of hospital
The African Greeks of Avato have a story to tell that goes hundreds of years back. Credit: Greek ReporterAvato is a village in Northern Greece that is home to the Greek descendants of the African slaves that were once brought to the region of Xanthi.Behind the African looks of these Greeks, there is
The church of Ropoto has moved more than two hundred meters. Credit: AP – Greek ReporterRopoto was once a thriving village near Trikala in Greece’s Thessaly and home to three hundred families, but a landslide in 2012 turned the village into a ghost town.Today, forgotten by people and authorities, Ro
A Greek Orthodox nun in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India has become a symbol of the eternal fight against poverty, illiteracy, child trafficking, and prostitution in the city.Sister Nectaria Paridisi, by most accounts the only Greek individual left in Kolkata, through the schools and orphanages sh
Credit: Greek ReporterIn 1995, six Orthodox monks left Mount Athos in Greece to establish Saint Anthony, an Orthodox Monastery in the middle of the Arizona desert, in the US.They carried with them the sacred heritage of the Holy Mountain, Athos. For over a thousand years, this steep and rocky penins
Panama City, Panama. Credit: Greek ReporterGreeks are indeed everywhere, even in the tiny Central American nation of Panama. The Greek community there is small, but active and vibrant. A community of no more than one thousand souls has already made its mark on the economy, politics, gastronomy and c
Greek Coffee grower DImitrios Christopoulos arrived in Colombia a few years ago, without knowing anything about coffee.Marlene Colmenares and Greek coffee grower husband Dimitrios Christopoulos at their farm, Finca El Diamante, in Garzon, Colombia. Credit: Greek ReporterGreek Coffee grower Dimitrios